The Nation | Consequences of US inaction in Syria are clear Washington Post IT MIGHT seem as though the horrors of Syria, where more than 60,000 people have died violently in the last 22 months, could not grow worse. Yet steadily, week by week, they do. One measure is the refugee flows: In the past month more than 30,000 ... Syria President's Wife Pregnant, Lebanese Newspaper Says Al-Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for Syria blast France Warns Extremists Could Prevail In Syria |
Syria's Bashar al-Assad says his wife is pregnant Washington Post (blog) According to the Jordan-based al-Bawaba news site, a Syrian outlet named Akhbar Shabab Soriya (Syria Youth News) reported in November that she was five months pregnant. If any of this is true, it would suggest that she is due in March. June 2012 would ... |
Newsday | UN official: Conditions in Syria 'appalling' Newsday "What can I say, the state of living conditions for people now in Syria across the board are just quite appalling," said John Ging, operations director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, at a briefing in Manhattan. "What ... UN in funding call as Syria conflict rages Syria humanitarian needs growing more acute, UN official stresses ahead of ... OCHA director calls for scaled-up humanitarian effort in Syria |
BBC News | Syria crisis: Solidarity amid suffering in Homs BBC News The city of Homs has seen some of the worst fighting in Syria. More than a third of the estimated 60,000 deaths in the 23-month conflict have happened in the strategically important city of Homs. As the fighting continues, thousands have been forced to ... |
New York Times | Stopping Syria Jerusalem Post The government's decision Sunday to deploy Iron Dome in Haifa for the first time may or may not be tied to concerns over a chemical weapon attack emanating from Syria. But the dispatching of National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror to Moscow ... Israel Girds for Attacks as Syria Falls Apart Israel steps up action on Syria weapons Israel deploys air defence, diplomacy on Syria concerns |
The Guardian | Inside the war for Syria's mountains The Guardian Until two months ago, locals in this corner of north-western Syria had not had to contend with the Jabhat al-Nusra organisation. Like much else about the war now crippling the nearby cities of Idlib and Aleppo, it was out of sight and out of mind, a ... Syria regime strikes back against outgunned rebels Syria regime attacks rebels at Hama |
From Golan Heights, Increasing Concern Over Civil War Next Door in Syria PBS NewsHour This cease-fire line between Israel and Syria has been maintained for nearly 40 years by their armies and U.N. troops as well. But with conflict raging inside Syria, Israel is taking no chances. It's now fortifying the security barrier behind me to ... |
Newlyweds fight together on Syria frontline Aljazeera.com Aleppo, Syria - Mahmoud al-Halabi was once the driver of a Syrian minister's wife. Nour al-Hassan was a stylish hairdresser. In the early days of the Syrian uprising, their personal rebellions brought them together and have since pushed them both to ... |
Deutsche Welle | Syria's opposition coalition makes a case for help Deutsche Welle Help pledged at a Friends of Syria conference in Morocco in December has yet to come through, with the UN so far collecting less than 5 percent of the billion dollars in urgent aid it had appealed for. Another major donor conference is scheduled for ... |
Obama explains Syria hesitancy CNN (blog) "Syria's a classic example of where our involvement, we want to make sure that not only does it enhance U.S. security, but also that it is doing right by the people of Syria and neighbors like Israel that are going to be profoundly affected by it," he ... |